In the 2010 Census, 11.4% of the population on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation was younger than the age of 5.

Black Hills Knowledge Network photo/Chelsea Gortmaker

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation - Demographics & Population

Pine Ridge Reservation - Demographics & Population

Information on population, jobs, income, poverty, race, and age about your community can be hard to find all in one place. With the help of our sister site, the South Dakota Dashboard, we have compiled the following demographic highlights for your convenience. This data is sourced from various federal and state sources and is from the most recent year possible.

Pine Ridge Reservation

South Dakota

Total Population 2016:

19.698

865,454

Population Growth from 2010-2016:

4.6%

6.2%

Median Age 2016:

25.2

36.8

Median Income 2016:

$30,908

$52,078

Poverty Rate 2016:

42.4%

14.0%

*Housing Cost Burden 2016:

26.3%

24.1%

*Housing Cost Burden is the share of households paying 30% or more of their income for housing.

More Information

My Tribal Area– Find total population, racial breakdown, gender breakdown, poverty rates, disability rates, home ownership rates, housing cost burden data, median income, median age and more for the Pine Ridge Reservation and other tribal areas on this application offered through the U.S. Census Bureau.

For more data and graphs on the demographics of South Dakota and the Black Hills region, please check out our sister project, the South Dakota Dashboard, for interactive graphs and charts.